Advent Beer Calendar 2006: Day 1: Anchor Christmas Ale

It’s time for the Beer Advent Calendar again! Each day from the first through the twenty-fourth I pick a different holiday-themed beer. All for fun, of course, but wouldn’t it be cool if there was a beer-of-the-month club-type service that did this for real?

I’m starting this year as I did last year, with Anchor’s Our Special Ale (Christmas Ale). This is the thirty-second time they have brewed this beer (since 1975), and every year it’s a different recipe and a different label.